Running the command

In addition to normal Workload Automation Programming Language JCL requirements, EQQWXBLX needs the following DD statements allocated.

Table 1. DD statements for EQQWXBLX
DD Name Purpose Attributes
INBL Contains the Batch Loader backup from which to extract items. If from BCIT, it is Fixed Block 80. If from Workload Automation Programming Language, it can be any record length.
OUTBL Contains the extracted items. Must be the same as INBL.

The JCL for running the command must specify EQQWXBLX as the command and pass the arguments in the ARGS symbolic parameter.

In the following example, EQQWXBLX extracts any application definitions for applications named DAILYPLANNING and ETT1. It also extracts any table definitions for tables named MYTABLE. 

//RUNPIF   EXEC EQQYXJPX,        
//         SUBSYS=TWSA,          
//         CMD=EQQWXBLX     
//SYSIN    DD *                  
ADID(DAILYPLANNING)
ADID(ETT1)
JCLVTAB(MYTABLE)
Note: When using EQQWXBLX, if multiple versions of a selected entry exist they are all extracted.